shaft

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

shaft of a spear: Ar. and V. κάμαξ, ὁ or ἡ, P. ῥάβδος, ἡ (Xen.).

shaft of a carriage: P. ῥυμός, ὁ (Herodotus); see pole.

weapon: P. and V. βέλος, τό (rare P.); see dart.

arrow: P. and V. τόξευμα, τό, οἰστός, ὁ (rare P.), βέλος, τό (rare P.), V. ἰός, ὁ, ἄτρακτος, ἡ, πτερόν, τό; see arrow.